First assistant sworn in as Acting Bergen County Prosecutor

Bergen County's first assistant prosecutor was promoted this week to Acting Bergen County Prosecutor.

Dennis Calo was officially sworn in Tuesday by Bergen County Superior Court Assignment Judge Bonnie Mizdol. He will be ceremoniously sworn in Friday afternoon.

Calo replaces Gurbir Grewal who was made New Jersey's Attorney General this week after Gov. Phil Murphy took office.

A permanent county prosecutor will eventually be nominated and appointed for a term of five years by Murphy with the advice and consent of the Senate, according to New Jersey law.

This is Calo's second stint at the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. He first joined the office in 1977, was made chief of the homicide squad in 1979 and became first assistant prosecutor in 1983. He left in 1990 to practice civil and criminal defense law privately.